Vehicle-wheel.



EATENTED 0G12. 1E, 1906.

No. 833,183. v L. STURGES..

VEHICLE WHEEL.

y APPLICATION FILED 00129, 1905.

6 s 1 SAAQ..

VEHICLE-WHEEL.

Specication of Letters Patennt.

Application filed October 9. 1905- Serial No. 282, 071.

Patented Oct. 16, 1906.

To all whom it may concern: v Be it known thatI, LEE STURGEs, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Chicago,Cook county, Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Im rovements in Vehicle-Wheels and I do here y declare thatthe following is afull, clear, and exact de'.

scriptio'n of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,l and to the letters of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relatesto improvements in l vehicle-wheels, and isv shown more particularlyas an automobile-wheel adapted to receive a rubber tire. Heretofore vehiclefwheels of this kind have usually beenconstructed of wood and are made heavy in proportion to their strength, and the spokes present considerable resistance to the atmosphere and also collect and retain the dust of the road. For the lighter vehicles such have also been constructed with wire spokes. These 4o fand defined in the a have not been sufficiently strong to stand the rough usage such vehicle-wheels are subjected t0 and in consequence are short-lived.

The object of this invention is toconstruct a wheel of pressed sheet metal, so as to afford great resiliency and strength at the rim to withstand the wear of the road and in which, thou h strong and durable, tlie weight is reduce to a minimum. It is a further object of the invention to afford a construction in which a hub of any desired kind is adapted to be used in connection with a wheel embodying my invention and in which the-construction as a whole .is light, strong, cheap, and pleasing to the eye.

The invention consists in the matters hereinafter described, and more fully pointed out pended claims. In the drawings, igure 1 is a side elevation of a wheel'embodying my invention. Fig.

2 is an enlarged vertical section taken on line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary detail illustrating the construction ofthe rim and showing the parts before brazing. Fig. 4 isa similar view showing the )arts after brazing. Fig. 5 is an enlarged agmenta section taken on line 5 5 of Fig. 1.

' shown in the drawings said wheel comprises a hub A, which maybe of any form or construction and adapted to be either rigidlysecured on the axle or to be rotatably secured thereon and to receive an internal antifrictionbearing, dependent on whether itis to be secured on a rear or front axle of the automobile.

Secured upon said hub are du licate pressedsteel sections or plates B, w ich are dished .outwardly at the center and are identical in form and construction and whichJ as shown, are apertured at the center to receive the axle therethrough land which are flan ed out-l wardly, as shown by b, to engage c osely to the ends of the hub A and are rigidly secured to the hub by means lof, bolts a a', which extend through collars a,2 and a3 concentric with the hub and wheel, through said sheetsl or plates, and the hub, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. i aid plates each incline inwardly or converge to near the tread, near which point a flat contasting surface b2 is afforded and at which points the plates are firmly riveted together,

whereby the rims are rigidly'secured together.

Peripherally beyond said contact-faces said disks or plates are pressed outwardly, affording a relatively fiat or slightly concave treadflange b4, the edges of which curve inwardly, affording clencher-flanges b5, between which fits a shell of metalC, which lies flaton the tread-anges b* and the ed es of which-are formed to coincide closely with the inner side A of the clencher-langes and are reducedv to a thin edge in thickness and are rolled over the peripheral clencher-anges b5, as shown in igs. 3 and 4. Said rim' C is perforated throughout its entire extent, and, as shown, a brass or other suitable fusible wire D is secured within the an le formed by the divergent anges b4 and t e tread-rim C, as shown in Fig. 3, and the wheel-rim when the construction is assembled is dipped into a molten bath'at the proper tem erature to melt said wire, which, together with the metal flowing into said space between the tread-rim and disks, brazes alljtogether, as indicated by D. The molten metal also fills into the apertures in the tread-rim and rigidly brazes all parts of said riin to the periphery of the wheel.

Conveniently in pressing the wheel disks or sections B ribs b t7 are formed between the IOO rivets bwhich extend bracingly from the.

outer side O the tread-flange radially inwardly to a point 4between the contacting faces of the disks or sections and the liub,.as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and serveto greatly stiffen the tread on the wheel, while not de tracting from its resiliency.

The operation is as follows: The operation is obvious from the construction described. The disks are constructed of two pressedsteel disks separated at the centerby the hub inserted between4 the same and are brought together at the periphery, so that one disk shaped to afford engagement with any kind of tire, isrfirmly clenched together by 4the band or rim C, which when brazed thereto` affords a structure of reat strength. The hub of course may be of any desired form or configuration and adapted veither to be rigidly secured to the axle' or to contain within itself antifriction-bearings of any kind, and the Wheel disks or sections may be secured to the hub in any suitable manner. I therefore do not purpose limiting this application for patent otherwise than necessitated by the prior art, as many details of construction may be varied Without departing from the pr1nciples of my invention.

I claim as my invention- 1. A Vehicle-wheelcomprising two duplicate pressed-steel sections cach forming half of the wheel and each bracing the other rigidly secured together between thc hub and the rimfa tread-flange on each section and a tire-rim encircling the same and affording a recess beneath its centerand metal molded y in said recess.

ery of each, a tire-rim secured on said flangesA 2. A vehicle-wheel comprising two rduplivcate pressed-steel sections, a hub spacing the same apart at the center and rigidly connect ing the same, said sections contacting near the periphery and riveted together, an out- Wardly-directed tread-flange on the periphvand` roviding a recess beneath the same, metalnmolded into and filling said recess, and integral radial ribs extendingr from said flanges bracing inwardly on each section.

near the periphery, an integral peripheralI flange on each, acomplemental tread-rim en-y gaged on and between said flanges and brazedA thereto, and broad bracingribs tapering from said flanges inwardly toward the center.

4. A wheel comprising two duplicate pressed-steel sections eachdished from near the periphery to the center, a tread-flange at the periphery of each, a tire-clenching edgev thereon, a hub spacing the centers apart and rigidly connectin the same, rivets holding the sections togeter beyond the dished portion of each, a perforated tire-rim seated b0- tween the tread-anges and metal molded intosaid perforations and beneath the rim acting to rigidly bind the same in place.

5. A wheel comprising pressed-steel sec. tions bracingly secured together and having a flanged periphery, a tire-rim having closelyarranged-perforations and engaged'on and clenching over said flanges and affording a recess at the periphery of said sections and. nietal molded into said recess and perforations.

6. A wheel comprising pressed-steel sections bracingly secured together, a flange on the periphery of each, a tire-rim engaged on said flanges and closely apertured and adapt ed to be brazed thereto and brazing metal filling the angle between the fianges of said sections and the rim.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two subscribing` witnesses.

LEE STURGES. v Witnesses:

C. W. HILLS, JOHN Planer. 

